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US-7781293

Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same including trenches of different aspect ratios

PublishedAugust 24, 2010
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Technical Abstract

A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a polycrystalline silicone film, and a gate insulating film in a predetermined pattern including a first opening width corresponding to a first trench and a second opening width corresponding to a second trench, the second opening width being larger than the first opening width, and etching the semiconductor substrate to simultaneously form the first and second trenches so that a first depth of the first trench is equal to a second depth of the second trench, and a first angle between a first side surface and a first bottom surface of the first trench is smaller than a second angle between a second side surface and a second bottom surface of the second trench, and the first trench includes a curved portion at an upper portion of the first side surface.

Patent Claims
4 claims

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1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate insulating film on a semiconductor substrate including a memory cell region and a peripheral circuit region; forming a polycrystalline silicon film on the gate insulating film; forming a silicon nitride film on the polycrystalline silicon film; forming a silicon oxide film on the silicon nitride film; etching the silicon oxide film, the silicon nitride film, the polycrystalline silicon film and the gate insulating film in a predetermined pattern including a first opening width corresponding to a first trench in the memory cell region and a second opening width corresponding to a second trench in the peripheral circuit region, the second opening width being larger than the first opening width; and etching the semiconductor substrate to simultaneously form the first and second trenches with an etching gas made by mixing a halogen gas, a fluorocarbon gas and oxygen so that a first depth of the first trench is equal to a second depth of the second trench, and a first angle which is defined between a first side surface and a first bottom surface of the first trench is smaller than a second angle which is defined between a second side surface and a second bottom surface of the second trench, and the first trench includes a curved portion at an upper portion of the first side surface.

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2. The method of fabricating the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen gas includes a chlorine gas.

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3. The method of fabricating the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorocarbon gas includes one of CF 4 , CHF 3 , CH 2 F 2 , C 5 F 6 and C 4 F 6 .

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4. The method of fabricating the semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein the halogen gas is set to a flow rate of about 70%, the fluorocarbon gas is set to a flow rate of about 10% and the oxygen is set to a flow rate of about 20%.

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Filing Date

December 14, 2006

Publication Date

August 24, 2010

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